Combined cane and umbrella or parasol.



v I PATENTED 00w. 20, 1903.; R. KRONENBERG, I H COMBINED CANE ANDUMBRELLA 0R PARASOL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

Patented October 20, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLF KRONENBERG, OF OHLIGS, GERMANY.

COMBINED CANE AND UMBRELLA OR PARASOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741,678, dated October20, 1903. Applicatidn filed May 26,1903. Serial No. 158,784.. No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RUDOLF KRONENBERG, a subject of the King of Prussia,German Emperor, residing at Ohligs, Prussia, Germany, have invented anImproved Combined Cane and Umbrella or Parasol, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to an improved combined cane and umbrella orparasol which is so constructed that the umbrella or parasol may bereadily converted into a walking-cane of the usual dimensions andappearance.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of theumbrella-stick; Fig. 2, a detail of the crown-piece; Fig. 3, a detail ofthe cap; Fig, 4, a detail of the sleeve; Fig. 5,

a detail of the ferrule; Fig. 6, a side view, partly in section, showingthe devicefitted up as an umbrella. Fig. 7 is a detail of the tube, andFig. 8 a side view, partly in section, showing the device fitted up as acane.

.The umbrella-stick a, which may be made of metal tubing, is reduced indiameter below the handle Z and tapers from top to bottom. At a pointabove its lower end the stick a has a coniform shoulder 17, adapted toform the seat for a crown-piece c, to which the umbrella or parasol ribsd are pivoted in the usual manner. The crown c terminates below in asocket-piece or sleeve, over which is slid a cap e, so formed that whenthe umbrella-covering has been passed with its central hole over thecrown-piece c the edge of the covering is clamped between the crown oand the cap 6, as shown at Fig. 6. For securing the crown c in itsposition on the stick a sleeve g, Fig. 4., is slid over the lower end ofthe stick and is fixed thereon by means of the ferrule h. (Shownseparately at Fig. 5.) This ferrule has a threaded hole, by means ofwhich it is screwed onto the threaded end of the stick a, as shown atFig. 6-. The sleeve 9 presses against the cap e on screwing up theferrule h and presses it, together with the crown 0, against theshoulder b, so that by this means a secure fixingof the crown c,together with the umbrella-frame and its covering, upon the stick a. isobtained. The umbrella or parasol frame is of the usual construction andis therefore only partly shown at Fig. 6. It will be seen that, forrepairing or re-covering the umbrella it is only necessary to unscrewthe ferrule h, whereupon the sleeve g and crown 0, together with theframe and its covering, can be drawn off the lower end of the stick. Thecap e (shown separately at Fig. 3) can, if necessary, be speciallyconnected to the socket and crown, such as by screwing, as shown atFigs. 2 and 6, or. the cap 6 may be secured to the socket of the crownby riveting. In the latter case the rivet would have to be removed whenthe frame is to be re-covered, as the covering f is clamped between cape and crown c, as above stated.

'The above-described umbrella-stick can be converted into awalking-stick in a very simple manner. brella-frame has been. removed inthe manner above described there is fitted upon the stick aa tube '11,Fig. 7, the upper end of which is provided with an ornamental beading loand bears against the shoulder Z of the han dle Z. The lower end of tube2' is of reduced diameter, so that the end of the sleeve g can be fittedover such reduced part, as shown at Fig. 8, and the latter can be madewith an inward-projecting rim, as shown, so as to fit closely againstthe thin lower end of the stick. On screwing up the ferrule it upon thestick the upper end of the sleeveg is made to press firmly against thelower end of the tube 1), the upper end 70 of which is therebypressedfirmly against the shoulder Z of the handle Z. By this means a usefulstrong walkingstick is produced which is similar in appearance toanordinary walking-stick and does not show that it is a convertedumbrellastick. v

The above-described construction has the advantage that when travelingthe tube 41, which is of moderate length, can be readily packed in atrunk when the umbrella is fitted on the stick and also when arranged asa walking-stick. The umbrella-frame, which is of a correspondingmoderate length, can also be so packed- 1 What I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patentof United States, is-

In a combined cane and umbrella or para For this purpose after theumsol, a stick having an upper shoulder, a lower my name in the presenceof two subscribing shoulder, a lower reduced section and a witnesses.

threaded tip, combined with a sleeve adapted to be projected over thereduced stick-sechUDOLF KRONENBERG' 5 tion, and a tapped ferrule adaptedto engage \Vitnesses:

the threaded tip, substantially as specified. VICTOR W. I-IELDT,

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed 1 ALBERT KLEIN.

